Hof in Höfðaströnd explained

Hof in Höfðaströnd is a town and church site in Skagafjörður, Iceland, a little ways up from Hofsós. It was previously a parsonage.^[1] The Hof church was built from wood between the years of 1868 and 1870 and it is a protected building.^[2]

Hof was a manor where many magistrates lived in previous centuries. This included:

• Brandur Jónsson, lawyer (died 1494)^[3]
• Hrafn Brandsson the younger, who lived in Hof before he obtained Glaumbær from Teitur Þorleifsson^[4]
• Magnús Björnsson, lawyer and grandson of Jón Arason^[5]
• Skúli Magnússon, later a treasurer, also lived in Hof the first year that he was the sheriff of Skagafjörður^[6]

Pálmi Jónsson, founder of Hagkaup, was born in Hof on June 3, 1923, and was brought up there.^[7] His daughter Lilja bought Hof and undertook a considerable number of projects there including building a house designed by Studio Granda, which won a design award in 2007.^[8] It was also nominated for the European Union Architectural Awards.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-07-07 . Höfði Höfðaströnd - NAT ferðavísir . 2024-09-14 . is.
2. Web site: 2017-09-29 . Hofskirkja á Höfðaströnd . 2024-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170929181324/http://kirkjukort.net/kirkjur/hofskirkja-a-hofdastrond_0337.html . 2017-09-29 .
3. Web site: Skutull - 21.-27. Tölublað (24.12.1956) - Tímarit.is . 2024-09-15 . timarit.is.
4. Web site: Skagfirðingabók - 1. tölublað (01.01.2014) - Tímarit.is . 2024-09-15 . timarit.is.
5. Web site: Gripla - 23. árgangur 2012 (20.12.2012) - Tímarit.is . 2024-09-15 . timarit.is.
6. Web site: Þjóðlíf - 10. tölublað (01.10.1988) - Tímarit.is . 2024-09-15 . timarit.is.
7. Web site: Andvari - 118. Tölublað (01.01.1993) - Tímarit.is . 2024-09-15 . timarit.is.
8. Web site: Fréttatíminn - 20. tölublað (13.05.2016) - Tímarit.is . 2024-09-15 . timarit.is.